Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Agency for Health and Human Services, with data until March 18.
Vaccination progress:
- Nearly 1.44 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the region and over 1.36 million were registered as administered. This number includes both county residents and those working in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated so far, nearly 481,000 county residents, or 17.9% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are completely immunized.
- Overall, over 761,000 county residents received at least one photo of the two-dose vaccine. This represents 28.3% of those eligible.
- Those who receive the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine are added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- The difference between the doses given and those used in a vaccine is about what is expected to be given in the next seven days and the doses to be entered into the registration system.
- More information about the distribution of vaccines can be found in the county dashboard. For details on currently eligible groups and vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
State values:
- The state-adjusted adjusted case rate in San Diego County is currently 6.8 cases per 100,000 residents. The county is in the red level.
- Currently, the percentage of testing positivity is 2.8%, placing the county in level 3 or Orange level.
- The value of the county’s health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for the areas with the lowest health conditions, is 4.2% and is also in the Orange or Tier 3 level.
- While two of the three values qualify the county for the Orange level or level 3, the state assigns the counties to the more restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23.
Community outbreaks:
- A new community outbreak was confirmed on March 18 in a childcare / preschool / childcare setting.
- In the last seven days (March 12 to March 18), 17 community outbreaks have been confirmed.
- The number of Community outbreaks remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven days.
- A community outbreak is defined as three or more cases of COVID-19 in a setting and in people from different households in the last 14 days.
Testing:
- 11,792 tests were reported to the county on March 18, and the percentage of new positive cases was 4%.
- The average percentage of 14 days of positive cases is 2.8%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 11,455.
Cases, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 421 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 18. The total for the region is now 267,177.
- 13,411 or 5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,628 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 13 new COVID-19 deaths were reported on March 18. The total of the region is 3,491.
- Nine men and four women died between January 6 and March 18.
- Two people who died were 80 years old or older, three were 70 years old, five were 60 years old, two were 50 years old and one was 20 years old.
- 11 had underlying medical conditions and two had a pending medical history.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County website coronavirus-sd.com are updated daily around 17:00.